| Room 1 | Room 2 | ||
| Nitrogen and Phosphorus (1.0 NM, 0.5 SW CEU) | Soil Health & Crop Diseases (1.0 IPM, 0.5 NM CEU) | ||
| Session Chairs: Tyce Masich & Jenn Bogdan | Session Chairs: Maryse Bourgault & Kara Glor | ||
| 8:30 - 8:45 am | Edgar Hammermeister | Amelia Clements | |
| Fall 2024 soil nutrient supply summary: A provincial and regional breakdown | On-farm comparisons of regenerative- and conventionally-managed soils reveal few differences in soil health indicators | ||
| 8:45 - 9:00 am | Bryce Geisel | Dr. Mervin St. Luce | |
| Nitrogen - Where does it go & how can you keep it? | Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in soils amended with residues from major and minor crops | ||
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Grace Gowera | Keiko Nabetani | |
| Digital mapping of soil drainage using remote sensing and pedo-transfer functions | Evaluation of optimal fungicide regime and cultivars with chickpea-flax intercropping system for disease management | ||
| 9:15 - 9:30 am | Blake Weiseth | Piumi Gallage | |
| Relation of soil test P, slope, fertilization and cropping practices to snowmelt runoff water P: Improving predictions of risk | Nutrient management for root rot control in field peas: Effects of copper and phosphorus on disease severity | ||
| 9:30 - 9:45 am | Landon Orenchuk | Simin Sabaghian | |
| Phosphorus transport in simulated snowmelt water as influenced by landscape and soil properties | Investigating bean yellow mosaic virus infection in pea: Detection, transmission, and symptom development | ||
| 9:45 - 10:00 am | Curtis de Gooijer | Tayab Soomro | |
| Deep phosphorus fertilization - Year #2 | Rapid in-field diagnostics for crop diseases | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 am | Networking & Refreshment Break | ||
| Insects & Field Management (1.0 CM & 0.5 IPM CEU) | Digital Agriculture (1.5 CM CEU) | ||
| Session Chairs: Tyler Wist & Jennifer Bogdan | Session Chairs: Tyce Masich & Kara Glor | ||
| 10:30 - 10:45am | Andrea Astleford | Dr. Kwabena Nketia | |
|
Transforming Marginal Land for a Profitable Future |
Known unknowns: Rule-based scenarios as a foundational framework for advanced classification models in mapping N₂O emission risks in the Canadian Prairies | ||
| 10:45 - 11:00 am | Teresa Aguiar | Sarah van Steenbergen | |
| Analysis of lygus feeding behavior associated with scarring damage in faba bean seeds | A data-driven approach to in-season spring wheat yield forecasting in western Canada | ||
| 11:00 - 11:15 am | Rodensky Teramene | Lakma Rathuge | |
| Resistance mechanisms in lentil against pea aphids in Saskatchewan | Digital phenotyping of drought tolerance in Brassica carinata | ||
| 11:15 - 11:30 am | Carlo Van Herk | Japjyot Sandhu | |
| Impact of land rolling on grain and silage production in cereal crops | Detecting kochia (Bassia scoparia) at field scale using UAV imagery and machine learning | ||
| 11:30 - 11:45 am | Mason Plews | Hansanee Fernando | |
| Different sod-seeding methods to aid in legumes introduction into tame pasture | From seed to harvest: Mapping canola via radar and optical satellites | ||
| 11:45 - 12:00 pm | Jeremiah Odiketa | Brianna Zoerb | |
| Effect of cover cropping on subsequent wheat and canola production in semi-arid western Canada | Use of UAVs for plant phenotyping in research | ||
| 12:00 – 12:40 pm | Lunch & Networking | ||
| 12:40 - 1:25 pm | Poster Session & Photo Contest Viewing/Voting | ||
| Seeding Management (1.0 CM CEU) | Nitrogen Fertilizer (1.0 NM CEU) | ||
| Session Chairs: Tyler Wist & Edgar Hammermeister | Session Chairs: Gideon Olaleye & Allison Fletcher | ||
| 1:30 - 1:45 pm | Jacey Toerper | Matt Ball (Student Travel Award Winner) | |
| Ultra-early seeding enhances spring wheat yield stability in western Canada | Enhancing the understanding and estimation of N₂O and CO₂ fluxes in potato fields through random forest modelling | ||
| 1:45 - 2:00 pm | Prerana Upretee | Laura Carruthers | |
| What improves winter seed survival of fall-seeded selected spring crops? Understanding seed characteristics for increased freezing tolerance | Cultivars and climate: Sustainable strategies for nitrous oxide mitigation in potato production | ||
| 2:00 - 2:15 pm | Kennedy Choo-Foo | Sagar Lamichhane | |
| Boosting organic wheat yield using early seeding dates | Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer sources, timing, and placement to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions | ||
| 2:15 - 2:30 pm | Will Short | Daphnee Ferland | |
| Developing artificial and natural coatings for freezing avoidance in canola | Improved nitrogen fertilizer management reduces nitrous oxide emissions in a northern Prairie cropland | ||
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm | Networking & Refreshment Break | ||
| Crop Management (1.0 CM CEU) | Soils and Crops (1.0 CM CEU) | ||
| Session Chairs: Tyce Masich & Kara Glor | Session Chairs: Allison Fletcher & Edgar Hammermeister | ||
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Kalhari Manawasinghe | Gbenga Daniel Adejumo | |
| Identifying key canopy architecture traits of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for plant selection to drought and heat stress avoidance | Soil organic carbon measurements influences FT-NIR model training in calcareous soils of Saskatchewan | ||
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | Jared Brown | Preston Sorensen | |
| Prioritizing beneficial management practices in tree fruit horticulture for detailed life cycle assessment: A systematic review of environmental impact mitigation potentials, technological feasibility and economic feasibility. | Future Canola Yields Under Different Climate Scenarios in Saskatchewan | ||
| 3:15 - 3:30 pm | Patrick Lee | Mohammad Khakbazan | |
| Canola History in Saskatchewn | Economic assessment of legume-based intercropping across western Canada | ||
| 3:30 pm | 60th Anniversary Celebration - Join us for appetizers and drinks to celebrate 60 years of Soils & Crops! | ||
| 6:00 pm | Voting for Photo Contest ends | ||
| The Digital Ag Revolution: From Firmware to Farms | |
| Time | |
| 8:30 - 8:40 am | Nathan Trowell, PAg, CCA (2025 Chair) |
| Opening Remarks | |
| Morning Session Chair: Nathan Trowell | |
| 8:40 - 9:40 am | Dr. Steve Shirtliffe, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, USASK |
| Crop Imagery and Digital Agriculture | |
| 9:40 - 10:40 am | Christian Hansen, Small Grains Agronomist, John Deere Canada |
| Data Management for Agronomic Applications | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 am | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 11:00 - 12:00 pm | Dr. Preston Sorenson, Research Associate, Department of Plant Sciences, USASK |
| Soil Mapping in Saskatchewan: Past, Present, and Future | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | LUNCH & GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS |
| Afternoon Session Chair: Gideon Olaleye | |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Jodie Horvath, Extension Specialist, Ducks Unlimited Canada |
| MAP: Identifying and Programming on Marginal Acres | |
| 2:00 - 3:00 pm | Dr. Chantel Chizen, Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Sciences, USask |
| Digital Soil Mapping for Agriculture: From Data to Decisions | |
| 3:00 - 3:20 pm | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 3:20 - 4:20 pm | Dr. Abdul Bais, Professor, Program Chair, Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Regina |
| AI-Driven Innovations in Agriculture: Enhancing Pest Management, Crop Assessment, and Yield Prediction for Canola and Wheat | |
| 4:20 pm | Gideon Olaleye (2026 Chair) |
| Closing Remarks |
Adaptive root systems for drought tolerance in Chickpeas.
I. Adebara and M. Bourgault
Assessing the impacts of integrating annual, perennial forages and livestock grazing into diversified crop rotations on wheat grain yield and soil health in the Canadian prairies.
M. Alema and M. Bourgault
The Effect of Liquid Humic-Based Product on Root Nodulation and Plant Growth in Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
O. Arachchige, P. Rathor and M.S.Thilakarathna
Differential response of soil microbial composition, diversity, and network stability to drought in red clover-timothy grass mixed cropping versus monocropping systems.
C. De Silva, R. Lumactud, H.P. Poudel and M.S. Thilakarathna
The Search for Resistance: Genetic Analysis of Stripe Rust of Wheat Resistance.
K. Glor, G.S. Brar, S. Holden, M. Li, H.R. Kutcher
Contrasting effect of Olpidium brassicae and Plasmodiophora brassicae inoculation on Clubroot disease development in canola.
J. Gonzalez, J. Town B.L. Helgason
Influence of varying degrees of straw production and removal on soil properties and crop yield (two-year results)
R. Hangs and J. Schoenau
Examining the land application of spent filtration earth on crop yield and soil properties (first-year results)
R. Hangs and J. Schoenau
Impacts of Nitrification Inhibitor eNtrench on Western Canadian Barley Cropping Systems.
N. Johnson
SKSIS Mapper: A Predictive Soil Mapping Web Application for Saskatchewan
J. Kiss, A. Bedard-Haughn, T. Jamsrandorj, P. Sorenson, P. Krug, and M. Bentham
Development and evaluation of effective host disease resistance screening methods under a controlled environment for pasmo of flax.
K. Nabetani, A. Smith, B. Tar'an and H.R. Kutcher
Influence of compost-based biostimulants on crop yield and soil microbial diversity in canola-wheat-barley crop rotations.
A. Rambia and M. Thilakarathna
Analyzing DEM terrain attributes as covariates for SOC prediction.
C. Stals
Enhancing Pasture Productivity through Cicer Milkvetch and Alfalfa Integration with Focus on Cultivar Selection and Seeding Methods.
S. Tandekar, H. Poudel, B. Biligetu, B. Kelln and A. Akililu
Effect of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) cultivars under canola-wheat crop rotation.
D.P. Withanage and M. Thilakarathna